Dictionary entry

Fresh (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fresh, n.; pl.Freshes (�). 1. A stream or spring of fresh water.

He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him

Where the quick freshes are. Shak.

2. A flood; a freshet. Halliwell.

3. The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea. Beverly.